πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
📏 Perimeter
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rectangle has a perimeter of 32 units. One side is 4 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
2A rectangle is 9 units long and 10 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
3Two rectangles both have an area of 30 square units: one is 5 by 6 and one is 3 by 10 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A5 by 6
- BThey are the same
- C3 by 10
4A rectangle has a perimeter of 40 units. One side is 11 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
5Two rectangles both have an area of 20 square units: one is 4 by 5 and one is 2 by 10 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A2 by 10
- BThey are the same
- C4 by 5
6A rectangle is 6 units long and 9 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
7A rectangle is 9 units long and 12 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
8Two rectangles both have an area of 72 square units: one is 6 by 12 and one is 8 by 9 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- AThey are the same
- B6 by 12
- C8 by 9
9A rectangle is 12 units long and 11 units wide. What is its perimeter?
Answer: ______________ units
10A rectangle has a perimeter of 10 units. One side is 3 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
11A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 units. One side is 4 units long. How long is the side next to it?
Answer: ______________ units
12Two rectangles both have an area of 48 square units: one is 4 by 12 and one is 6 by 8 units. Which has the bigger perimeter?
- A6 by 8
- BThey are the same
- C4 by 12
Answer key: Perimeter
- 1. 12 units
- 2. 38 units
- 3. C (3 by 10)
- 4. 9 units
- 5. A (2 by 10)
- 6. 30 units
- 7. 42 units
- 8. B (6 by 12)
- 9. 46 units
- 10. 2 units
- 11. 8 units
- 12. C (4 by 12)
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